There are many instances where you would like to clone or copy a book from an existing Pressbooks catalog into your own. For example, you see an Open Textbook that you would like to adapt for your upcoming course.<\/p>\n
If your institution has a standalone Pressbooks network, you can use the new cloning feature to create a copy of this book and directly begin editing it in a newly-created Pressbooks shell. This chapter will cover:<\/p>\n
Previously, copying an existing Pressbooks book required you to export it as a Pressbooks XML file, then import it into a new Pressbooks shell. However, the cloning feature simplifies this process considerably.<\/p>\n
Cloning allows authors, editors, and readers to easily copy and begin editing a book for their own needs. This enables all sorts of uses for open education resources, as well as some practical ones for institutional users.<\/p>\n
With this feature:<\/p>\n
If your network has the cloning feature enabled, you can clone any Pressbooks book that is:<\/p>\n
If you try to clone a book that doesn\u2019t meet these criteria, you will receive an error. If the book you want to clone does meet the criteria above, you can follow these steps to create your copy:<\/p>\n